All wrapped up: how men’s neckwear got emotional.

Bobby Abley’s ‘nuclear winter’ set at
London fashion week men’s 2019.
Photograph: WWD/Rex

From neckties in bold colours to cosy, oversized blankets, winter is always scarf season. But what are men giving away by the way they wear them?

Last week, during a particularly tense moment in an equally tense match between Manchester City and Liverpool, the City manager, Pep Guardiola, threw his snood on the ground in a tantrum.

There was no need (City won), but when viewed alongside Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp, a manager who tends to wear his own snood-like “gaiter” wrapped around his face throughout an entire match, it suggested there is more to the snood-gaiter-whatever than meets the eye. It is not simply there to keep us warm: it is a tool, a shield, and a glaring example of how accessories can be weaponised without the wearer losing face.

By Morwenna Ferrier.

Full story at The Guardian.